***Official 2025 NCAA Tournament Thread***

cayin

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Wonder if conference records will be brought up at all tomorrow? Probably will focus on the total wins without mentioning the losses if I know how TV execs work.
back when it was the 10 team Big 12, they would never mention % of the league winning or with an invite to the tournament. They would say something like the Big 10 leads the field wit 8 or 9 invites. The Big 12 would get 7 out of 10, but they would never say that, instead they frame it total teams without reference or context that some leagues have way more teams.
 
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It could be an all Big 12 final four and CBS announcers will still comment on what a dominating non conference performance by the SEC and mention that SEC has a bright future with good coaches and the fact that they had 14 qualify this year.
 
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JP4CY

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Intrigued with the upcoming St Mary's Alabama matchup on Sunday.
Kenpom only has Bama by 5. 77-72
Would have assumed Bama would be penciled in for more than 77.
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Listening to XM college bball radio. Bama is 1-3 under 80 this year and St Mary's hasn't given up 80 in over 100 games.
 

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Follow up:

Listening to XM college bball radio. Bama is 1-3 under 80 this year and St Mary's hasn't given up 80 in over 100 games.
Heard the same.

The two guys also picked Mississippi as their upset game of the day.

Even brought out the Radio Visual Pedulla headband.
 

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Heard the same.

The two guys also picked Mississippi as their upset game of the day.

Even brought out the Radio Visual Pedulla headband.
Can't blame them.

If you told me that Iowa State's early season national player of the year candidate was out and their other guard who was 1st team all Big 12 last year was playing hurt, I'd also say they're a good candidate for being upset.

Hope we prove them wrong!
 

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Wisky crying there wasn't a foul called. Hint - you shouldn't have gotten half the foul calls you did.
Someone here on CF asked if BYU fans had ever admitted a call against them was correct. He made me think and so, in the game against Wisconsin, I made no comments about the officiating. I DID think though that it was showing a Wisconsin bias, so I decided to come to CF after the game and see what the relatively neutral and unbiased CF commentariat had to say. CF seems to think the officiating was pretty bad and biased as well against BYU. I guess my blue goggles aren't quite as tinted as I thought. I very much appreciated being able to come to CF and have the benefit of your intelligent and well-considered comments on that game.

Clones vs. Ole Miss: I think if Tamin Lipsey is even 90% of his pre-injury self, you guys take Ole Miss easily. If Milan Momcilovic has a game like he had against Lipscomb, you guys boatrace them. I don't see their guards handling your trapping defense with Jones and Lipsey; you should get a LOT of turnovers, plus the Presidents ought to dominate the boards handily.

BYU and its fans are very glad to be a part of the Big XII, which is now showing the country why they are the toughest basketball conference in America. I'll be pulling really hard for you guys today. Good luck against Ole Miss and GO CLONES!
 

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Someone here on CF asked if BYU fans had ever admitted a call against them was correct. He made me think and so, in the game against Wisconsin, I made no comments about the officiating. I DID think though that it was showing a Wisconsin bias, so I decided to come to CF after the game and see what the relatively neutral and unbiased CF commentariat had to say. CF seems to think the officiating was pretty bad and biased as well against BYU. I guess my blue goggles aren't quite as tinted as I thought. I very much appreciated being able to come to CF and have the benefit of your intelligent and well-considered comments on that game.

Clones vs. Ole Miss: I think if Tamin Lipsey is even 90% of his pre-injury self, you guys take Ole Miss easily. If Milan Momcilovic has a game like he had against Lipscomb, you guys boatrace them. I don't see their guards handling your trapping defense with Jones and Lipsey; you should get a LOT of turnovers, plus the Presidents ought to dominate the boards handily.

BYU and its fans are very glad to be a part of the Big XII, which is now showing the country why they are the toughest basketball conference in America. I'll be pulling really hard for you guys today. Good luck against Ole Miss and GO CLONES!
stfu, everyone hates you

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Cyched

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Florida is my NC pic. They're big, quick, and can ball. Ironically a lot like the past few UConn championship teams.
 

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I've enjoyed this board over the last couple years since I got tired of BYU's board. But honestly the BYU hate is a bit of a turnoff. Especially when the poster makes a friendly and conciliatory post and gets a pretty spiteful response.
Not surprisingly every fan base has their share of asshats.

Ignore is a great feature on this site.
 

3TrueFans

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I've enjoyed this board over the last couple years since I got tired of BYU's board. But honestly the BYU hate is a bit of a turnoff. Especially when the poster makes a friendly and conciliatory post and gets a pretty spiteful response.
I'm sure you're a person with feelings or whatever, and that's fine, but **** BYU.
 

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Karaban is one of those players the commentators go apesh!t over every time he does any mildly competent thing.
 
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